Cancer Practice Questions

Dietary changes intended to reduce cancer risk except
1. Reducing fat consumption to less than 8% of total daily caloric intake.
2. Reducing fat consumption to less than 8% of total daily caloric intake.
3. Increasing the daily consumption of fresh fruits
4. Increasing the daily consumption of vegetables
5. all of the above
Possible respiratory tract carcinogens:
1. workplace chemicals
2. Epstein-Barr virus infections
3. both
4. neither
Liver cancer association with this infectious agent:
1. human papillomavirus virus types 16 & 18
2. Helicobacter pylori
3. Hepatitis B & C viruses
4. Schistosoma haermatobium
Epstein-Barr virus associated with which one(s) of the following cancers:
1. Burkett lymphoma
2. Hodgkin's lymphoma
3. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
4. Nasopharyneal cancer
5. all of the above
6. none of these cancers are linked to Epstein-Barr
The medication azothioprine may be a cause of this type of cancer.
1. leukemia
2. lymphoma
3. renal pelvis, bladder cancer
4. endometrial cancer; liver cancer
Which one of the following probably not a causative agent in bladder cancer?
1. 4-aminobiphenyl
2. asbestos
3. benzidine
4. 2-naphthylamine
Tamoxifen is a causative agent in which one(s) of the following human cancers?
1. leukemia
2. endometrial cancer
3. lymphoma
4. all of the above
Which one(s) of the following carcinogens are causative agents in human lung cancer?
1. radon
2. slica
3. nickel compounds
4. A & B only
5. all of the above
Major etiologic factor(s) in causing oropharyngeal neoplasm include(s):
1. tobacco use
2. alcohol consumption
3. both
4. neither
Tobacco use accounts for this percentage range for bladder cancer occurrence in the US.
1. 5%-10%
2. 15%-25%
3. 33%-50%
4. 65%-80%
5. Tobacco use is not correlated with bladder cancer development
Which of the following cancers in males has the highest incidence per 100000?
1. lung
2. prostate
3. colorectal
4. bladder
Which of the following cancers in females has the highest incidence per 100000?
1. lung cancer
2. breast cancer
3. ovarian cancer
4. colorectal cancer
Which of the following cancers has the highest mortality per 100000 in both male and female patients?
1. colorectal
2. lung
3. pancreas
4. thyroid
This cancer type has shown a notable rise in rate per 100000 in women since the late 1960's.
1. breast
2. lung
3. stomach
4. colorectal
This cancer type is associated with the highest 5-year survival rate in both African-American and white patients in the US (1996-2004 time frame).
1. laryngeal
2. myeloma
3. thyroid
4. Hodgkin's lymphoma
5. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Cancer Practice Questions

Multiple-choice exercise